Between 1941
and 1944, at least one quarter of a million people were murdered in the
Lublin/Majdanek concentration camp. Between 1975 and 1981, the longest
trial in German legal history took place in Düsseldorf. Fifteen men
and women, former camp guards, were accused of having participated in
the murder of thousands.

Director
Fechner worked eight years to complete this three-part film which is composed
of interviews with defendants, witnesses, judges, prosecutors, defense
councils, historians, criminals, and victims. Filming was not permitted
during the 474 days of the six-year trial, so Fechner had to reconstruct
the trial.

The film
is a kind of "counter" trial and an interpretation of the original
proceedings. The accused, who hardly said a word during the original trial,
eagerly volunteered in front of the camera. Employing a mosaic-like technique
and hard confrontational editing, Fechner allowedboth criminals and victims
to reveal themselves.

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